Art entrepreneur Andy Valmorbida who has been hailed and referred to as the "King of Pop-Up" by Huffington Post and "Art Entrepreneur" by the New York Times. Valmorbida made a name for himself in the art world over the last two decades, first in New York and then globally.
The platform that launched his career was Valmorbida & Co. which was established in 2006 and emerged as an industry heavyweight by pioneering the pop-up gallery model. "include Jimmy Iovine, Alicia Keys, Mary Kate Olsen, Giorgio Armani, P. Diddy, Paris Hilton, Leonardo Di-Caprio, Pharrell Williams, Mick Jagger and many more that have supported his business' over the years
Valmorbida & Co. will be headquartered in New York City at his private residence on Madison Ave neighbouring Gagosian Gallery, Helly Nahmad and The Whitney Museum and other leading art world institutions
Valmorbida & Co. will be announcing the line up of artists aligning themselves to the platform in January 2023 - as the proven international success of all artists launched previously thru Valmorbida, these artists will be watched carefully by the art world and the masses that follow the blue-chip art industry.
Valmorbida has created and invested in many art world and digital media business' since his inception in the art world although going back to his roots with Valmorbida & Co. is now Andy Valmorbida's main priority.
Valmorbida has hinted of the potential artists that he will be working with although won't be formally announced until February 2023.
Valmorbida has been recognised as one of the most powerful and influential figures in the Street Art movement. He help power lift the careers for artists such as Todd James, Retna, Futura and the Godfather of Street Art Richard Hambleton.
Valmorbida has presented over 45 pop-up exhibitions in 12 countries over the years. Corporate sponsorship partnerships and personnel have included Giorgio Armani, Belstaff, Bombardier Aerospace, Phillips, RVCA, Russian Government, VistaJet, P.Diddy and Jimmy Iovine to name a few.
Andy Valmorbida is the executive producer of the critically acclaimed documentary film Shadowman, reviewed by the New York Timesas "a fascinating, harrowing film about his [Hambleton's] life." Negotiations are currently taking place to produce the story as a feature film. In addition, The Richard Hambleton: Godfather of Street Art by Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld and Andy Valmorbida, a career retrospective featuring 200 Hambleton images, is due for publication by Rizzoli.
According to Forbes, Andy Valmorbida is one of the larger st collectors of Street Art himself.
He is also a benefactor of AMFAR and has donated two rare artworks at the Cannes Film Festival Gala that raised $960,000. He donated a Mark Bradford painting, worth between $5-7 million today according to Forbes, to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and he created a grant for the Murdoch Children's Research Institute in Melbourne, Australia, from which he hails.
Valmorbida according to OK Magazine has two children River and Electra.
